Polo: Queen's Cup Final - Sumaya v Ellerston

[Tobers]

Yesterday saw a stunning game of polo for the final of the Queen's Cup at Guards Polo Club in Windsor. Top class polo is just brilliant to watch - so fast and ferocious. I really recommend it. Ellerston won 10-9 - really close game.

Anyway, your correspondent for the day provides the following snippets to enjoy. All action shots taken with my Sigma 100-300...

#1 - my fave of the day - great light and colour.
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313577015_xcwT2-L.jpg

#2 - James Packer from Ellerston. I'd guess he's Kerry Packer's son? There's a definite resemblance there.
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313574021_CsXNQ-L.jpg

#3 - This is called "riding off" where you basically shove the other guy out of the way. The ball doesn't have to be anywhere near.
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313574388_skmv4-L.jpg

#4 - I took the liberty of scrambling up the TV gantry for this one. Quite a few other 'togs there, but only about 10 covering the polo - the rest were looking for celebs.
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313576622_WKykn-L.jpg

#5 Go!!!!
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313576754_ZiRCL-L.jpg

#6 This one is lacking in technical excellent but I think the horse about to topple over is amusing. Shame the focus is on the horse behind.
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313578278_RBexz-L.jpg

#7 Winners...
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313579163_u2tzc-L.jpg

#8 Loser!
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313578453_cPyry-L.jpg

#9 Hanger-on regards trophies with scepticism...
http://photos.tobinators.com/photos/313586879_Pm5f5-L.jpg

Cheers!

Tobers

[dod]

Loving that first one as well. Two ponies with all four feet off the ground at the same time in the same photo has got to be a 1 in a rather large number shot :)

[Hacker]

Some good shots there with #1 being my favourite although it appears a bit dark. Like the one of the Queen!

[fabs]

Good shots, can't really pick a favourite. :thumbs:

[rh1944]

I prefer #5 as you can see all the subject. Could do with being a bit closer. There's bit of stick missing in #1 and some of the others. Now I do know how hard it is to get the shot, so I'm being picky.

[Tobers]

Crikey! High standards there. I'll try and do better next time, or instruct the riders to come closer and keep their sticks lower :thumbs:.